Kaleidoscope
From London to the Riviera, a hair-raising tale of gallant love and truly desperate adventure!
1966 · 1h 43m · Approved
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Jack Smight
Overview
Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because he has succeeded in marking the original plates for the backs of all the playing cards manufactured in a plant in Geneva and used in all the gambling joints in Europe. In his gambling depredation, Barney is spotted by Angel McGinnis, the daughter of a Scotland Yard Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis on the lookout for a man to do a job. The inspector enlists Barney's help in playing poker with a shady London character whom Scotland Yard wants to force to financial ruin.
Director and cast
- Jack Smight Director
- Warren Beatty as Barney Lincoln
- Susannah York as Angel McGinnis
- Clive Revill as Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis
- Eric Porter as Harry Dominion
- Murray Melvin as Aimes
- George Sewell as Billy
- Stanley Meadows as Dominion Captain
- John Junkin as Dominion Porter
- Larry Taylor as Dominion Chauffeur
- Yootha Joyce as Museum Receptionist
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